U.S. Supreme Court
Jun. 15, 2011
Court Takes Case on Withholding Evidence
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday it would weigh a case involving allegations that New Orleans prosecutors violated their obligation to turn over exculpatory evidence.
Specifically, the case focuses on whether the withheld evidence would have changed the guilty verdict, and if Louisiana state courts violated the petitioner's due process rights by rejecting his prosecutorial misconduct claims.
Juan Smith, who was convicted of five counts of fir...
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